点评:I stopped up at DC Estate Winery earlier this month and was pleasantly surprised. Beautifully designed. Located outside of South Beloit, the approach to the estate is beautiful. There is plenty of room to wander the estate as well. The tasting room is what one would expect of a winery, with a bar, sitting area, and wine browsing area. I was driving so did not do a flight, rather sampled only one of the wines. I wanted a bottle grown locally on the estate and chose a bottle of "It's Complicated" red that I was told was and found it quite approachable.
The bottle was $28. The only thing I did not like about the estate was that the workers did not seem interested in talking wine. I was the only customer when I went and like to understand where the grapes are sourced, what's the makeup of a particular bottle, etc. They simply seemed transactional, I bought the wine now I should go sort of feeling. Hopefully, the people working there actually drink wine (beyond those of the estate). Apart from that, it's a nice winery, and a welcome addition to the bleak reality of South Beloit itself.
翻译:本月早些时候,我到访了DC Estate Winery,结果大感惊喜。酒庄的设计非常精美。它位于南贝洛伊特郊外,前往酒庄的路途本身就很迷人。酒庄内也有足够的空间可供漫步。品酒室则具备了一家酒庄应有的所有设施:吧台、休息区以及可供挑选葡萄酒的区域。当时我正在开车,所以没能尝试多种葡萄酒,只品鉴了一款而已。我想要买一瓶由酒庄本地酿造的葡萄酒,于是挑了一瓶名为“It’s Complicated”的红酒。据介绍,这款酒很容易入口,实际饮用体验也确实如此。
这瓶酒的价格是28美元。不过,我对这家酒庄唯一不满的地方就是员工们似乎对谈论葡萄酒毫无兴趣。我去的时候只有我一位顾客,我本来希望了解葡萄的产地、这款酒的具体成分等等。可他们给人的感觉完全只是完成交易而已——买了酒就该走人。希望在那里工作的人真的会喝酒(而且不限于酒庄自产的酒)。除此之外,这是一家很不错的酒庄,为南贝洛伊特这个略显沉闷的地方增添了一抹亮色。